Category: USA
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Park Ridge, IL to Porter, IN
We’re starting a bike tour today! Wait, what? Haven’t we been on a bike tour for eight months? Well, after two weeks of relaxing with family and friends in the Chicago area, following on five weeks of barely-riding in Baja, it sure hasn’t felt like it! Which isn’t really a problem for our minds at…
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Chicago, IL
For eight months, “home” has had little to do with a physical location, and has been best-defined as “the place where Rett and I are together”. But upon returning to a physical location that had correlated with “home” for decades for both of us, the unavoidable feeling of “coming home” proved that there are layers…
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San Diego, CA to San Ysidro, CA
Our week of social-activities continues! Our downtown hostel (which stayed relatively-quiet and unparty-like through the night, despite common review complaints) was just a few blocks from Sandy’s place. She had come up to visit us during our stay in Redlands, and we were excited to now see her in her home turf. Rett and I…
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Enicinitas, CA to San Diego, CA
Mixed it up this morning with a video chat with my Dad (and Mom) from the Airstream’s back yard. It’s his birthday, so it was good to “see” him to wish him a happy 75, and trade jealousies over his Mom-made chocolate cake, and our non-snow-covered ground. And also good to speak to them and…
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Oceanside, CA to Encinitas, CA
With another short-mileage day planned, we had the luxury of staying with Mark and Christine, our WarmShowers hosts, until nearly lunchtime. That gave us a chance to talk more about Mark’s upcoming trip, and do some planning, and just relax a bit more in their comfortable house. We followed Mark’s helpful directions to the San…